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Hiker dies after heroic rescue at Mount Washington

A 25-year-old man died after falling approximately 150 feet off the side of the Tuckerman Ravine trail on Mount Washington.

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Updated: 9:18 AM EDT Sep 23, 2013

Hiker dies after heroic rescue at Mount Washington

A 25-year-old man died after falling approximately 150 feet off the side of the Tuckerman Ravine trail on Mount Washington.

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Updated: 9:18 AM EDT Sep 23, 2013

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WEBVTT AUTOPSIES WILL BE PERFORMED ON SATURDAY. ADAM SEXTON, WMUR NEWS 9. A HIKER DIED AFTER FALL MORE THAN 120 FEET DOWN A RAVINE ON MOUNT WASHINGTON. MULTIPLE AGENCIES INCLUDING THE NATIONAL GUARD CARRIED OUT A DANGEROUS RESCUE TO GET THE MAN AFTER HE SLIPPED OFF TUCKERMAN RAVINE TRAIL. HE DIDN'T SURVIVE HIS INJURIES. MELINDA DAVENPORT HAS THE STORY. IT WAS A DANGEROUS RESCUE MISSION INVOLVING FISH AND GAME AND THE NEW HAMPSHIRE NATIONAL GUARD. IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT MISSION BASED ON THE LOCATION. THE ORIGINAL REPORT WAS AT THE BASE OF TUCKERMAN'S. THE NATIONAL GUARD WAS CALLED TO RESCUE A HIKER WHO FELL MORE THAN 100 FEET FROM THE TUCKERMAN RAVINE TRAIL. 25-YEAR-OLD LUC PAQUETTE OF QUEBEC WAS HIKING WITH FRIENDS WHEN HE WANDERED OFF THE TRAIL TO GET A BETTER LOOK AT A NEARBY WATER FALL AND FELL. THE PILOT OF THE BLACKHAWK HELICOPTER THAT CAME TO THE RESCUE SAYS THEY WERE ONT THEIR WAY TO A TRAINING EXERCISE WHEN THE CALL CAME IN. WE ACTUALLY HAD A CREW THAT WAS GOING OUT, THAT WAS READY TO GO AND QUALIFIED TO DO HIGH PERFORMANCE HOISTS. FROM CONCORD IT TOOK HALF AN HOUR TO REACH THE SCENE. RESCUERS WORKED TO HOIST THE MAN TO SAFETY. WE LOWERED DOWN THE HOIST AND FISH AND GAME GOT HIM ONTO OUR RESCUE BASKET, WE HOISTED HIM UP ONTO THE AIRCRAFT AND THEN STARTED TRANSPORTING HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. DESPITE THE CREW'S RESCUE EFFORTS, PAQUETTE LATER DIED FROM HIS INJURIES AT THE

Hiker dies after heroic rescue at Mount Washington

A 25-year-old man died after falling approximately 150 feet off the side of the Tuckerman Ravine trail on Mount Washington.